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A Lindy alternative, free to try
Like Lindy, Sochen is an assistant that connects to your email and calendar, works in the background, asks before it sends, and talks with you on the phone. But it’s free to try, priced in rupees in India, can ring you on an Indian number, and has its own cloud computer you can watch and take over. Lindy is billed per user, in US dollars, after a week of free credits.
Your first job is free, no card needed. Then 7 days of Plus for $5 if you want more. Nothing renews on its own.
Side by side
| Sochen | Lindy | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ✓First job free, then 7 days for $5 and a monthly plan. Plus is ₹999 a month in India. | $50 of free credits that last 7 days, no card. Then billed per user in US dollars, from $29.99 a month for 3,000 credits. |
| Where | Anywhere, in the browser. Built in India; English, Hindi and Hinglish. | No country or language list is published. Its phone page says US phone numbers and calls only, for now. |
| Its own computer | Yes: a cloud desktop with Chrome, live in the chat, and you can take over any time. | Computer use on paid plans (its docs say Pro and Max): when a tool has no integration, it drives a browser the way a person would. Watching it or taking over isn't described. |
| Works in the background | Schedules, watches on prices and pages, jobs that run when an email arrives, and Heads-ups that speak up only when something needs you. | Routines daily, weekly or monthly, or when an email arrives or goes out, a Slack message comes in, or a meeting starts or ends. It also offers to take on things you do every time. |
| Asks first | Anything that pays, orders, books, sends or deletes waits for your OK, with the details shown first; a schedule or an Outreach run is approved once, when you start it. | Anything with outside impact, like sending an email, waits for your OK until you tell it to go ahead. Each app can be set to always allow; its docs say those rules cover shared Slack threads. |
| Phone | Indian and US numbers: you can call it, it can ring you (a brief, a reminder, an urgent heads-up), and it calls US businesses for you. | Its own US or Canadian number, on a paid plan: it calls businesses for you, answers callers as your receptionist, and you can call it or have it call you. |
| Made for India | ✓Plans in rupees, bill splits with UPI QR codes, GST invoices, Indian bank statements and exam-form photos to the KB. | Not described on its pages, though Zoho's apps, like Zoho Books and Zoho CRM, are among its integrations. Plans are priced in US dollars. |
| Watches videos | Yes: YouTube links and uploads up to 500 MB, with timestamps. | Send it a YouTube link and it gives you the key points. Watch and Learn takes a screen recording up to an hour long to learn a task. |
| Apps | Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Sheets, Outlook and Slack in one tap, more apps with a before-and-after preview, and any MCP server or API of your own. | ✓1,500+ integrations, like Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Notion, HubSpot, Salesforce and GitHub, plus any MCP server, and a Chrome extension that works inside Gmail. |
| Your data | Never used to train AI models. You can see, edit and delete what it remembers. | Never used to train models. Memory is plain files you can read, edit or delete. Its privacy policy names AI providers, like Anthropic and OpenAI, it shares data with to run the service. |
| Getting started | In any browser, on any device; nothing to install. | Sign up on the web or add it to Slack, then connect Google or Microsoft email and calendar, and your phone to text it on iMessage or SMS. |
| Model | Your choice: Claude, GPT, Gemini, Qwen, Kimi or DeepSeek, or a model of your own, switched mid-chat. | Your choice for each task, among Gemini, GPT, Claude and DeepSeek models, or it picks. |
Checked 6 Nov 2026 on Lindy’s pricing page and integrations docs. Plans and countries change; check there for the latest.
Where Lindy is ahead
Built for work email and meetings
It joins Google Meet, Zoom and Teams calls as a named participant, takes notes and sends follow-ups, drafts replies in your voice inside Gmail, and works in Slack threads for a whole team. Sochen doesn't sit in on video calls.More apps, and a receptionist
1,500+ integrations plus MCP, and its own number can answer your callers and book them onto your calendar. Sochen connects to fewer apps today.
Questions
What is Lindy?+
An AI assistant for work, at lindy.ai. It sorts your inbox and drafts replies, takes notes in your video meetings, books time on your calendar, makes phone calls from its own US number and runs routines. You reach it in Slack, by text, email or phone, or on the web, and it's billed per user in US dollars.
Is Sochen a good Lindy alternative in India?+
Yes, if you want an assistant that's free to try and priced in rupees. Lindy is billed per user in US dollars after a week of free credits, and its phone calls use US numbers for now. Sochen makes UPI QR codes and GST invoices and can ring you on an Indian number. New accounts get their first job free, then a 7-day trial of Plus for $5.
Is Sochen as capable as Lindy?+
Not in every way. Lindy connects to far more apps, sits in on your video meetings and is built for teams working in Slack. Sochen has its own cloud computer you can watch and take over, talks with you on the phone from India or the US, and makes UPI QR codes and GST invoices.
Does Sochen send emails without asking?+
No. Every payment, order, booking, phone call and email in your name waits for your OK, with the details shown first; a schedule or an Outreach run is approved once, when you start it. Its background checks only look.
Can I use both Sochen and Lindy?+
Yes. Nothing stops you from using Lindy for meeting notes and Slack, and Sochen for phone calls, UPI bill splits or rupee pricing.
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